Sulky-plow



(N0 Model.)

' 2 Sheets-Sheet 1. N. P. LEER & J. H. WOLIEE. SULKY PLOW.

N0. 494,530. Patented Mar. 2-8, 1893.

(N0 Model.) 1 2-SheetsSheet 2.v N. P. LEER & J. H. WOLPE.

SULKY PLOW.

Patented Mar. 28, 1893.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

NIOHOLAS P. LEER AND JAMES H. \VOLFE, OF FREMONT, OHIO.

SU LKY-PLOW.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N0. 494,530, dated March 28, 1893.

Application filecl 0ctober 29, 1892. Serial N0. 4:5058. (N0 model.)

T0 all whom z't may concern:

Be it known that we, NICHOLAS P. LEER and JAMES H. WOLFE, oitizens of the United States, residing at Frernont, in the county of Sandusky and State of Ohiohave invented cer tain new and useful Improvements in Sulky Plows; and we do declare the following 110 be a full, clear, and exaot description of the invention, such as Will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the sarne, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of referenee marked thereon,which form apartof this speoification.

This invention relates to improvements in wheel oultivators, and 'has for its objeot the.

provision of a lift or holder for the drag or handle bars of the cultivator, whereby the said handle bars may be easily raised andheld out of contaot Wll)h, o1 off the ground when it is desired to turn ab the ends of the rows, or 130 travel froxn plaee to plane With the cultivator, and it1 is so eonstrncted and arranged that when the drag or handle bars are raised they will be held off the ground without being swung upon the raok usually attaohed to oultivators of this character for that pnrpose.

The invention further has for its object the provision of a snitable handle holder, 0r braeket whereby the handles of the cnltivator oan be readily adjnsted either laterally or up and down, as desired, for the purpose of accon1modating a tall 01' short operator, as may be eonvenient, or the condition and oharaoter of the ground t0 be oultivated might require.

The invention further consists in the novel construotion and arrangement of parts hereinafter described, illustrated in the drawings, and more partieularly pointed out in the elaims hereunco appended.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 is a vlew of a cultivator with our improvements attached thereto, the drag-bars being shown down. Fig. 2 is a similar view to Fig. 1 with the drag-bars in an elevated position. Figs.

3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 are detaohed and detail views of the several parts of our improved lifting and handle adjusting devices.

Similar letters of reference indicate eorresponding parts in all the fignres where they oceur.

W represents a cultivator, and w the upafter deseribed. The pnlley A is loosely seoured upon the bearing a in any suitable or convenient manner, and works and sets eccentrically thereon, as shown.

O is a eoil spring secured ab its lower end '00 a olevis, er otherwise, fastened on the lower horizontal portion of the axle of the cultivator, as shown at F, and at its upper end to a chain that passes over the pulley A and rests in the said groove therein.

D is a chain or other suitable means secured 130 the upper end of the spring O, passing over the pulley A, to whioh lt is secured by means of the pin or holt in the grooVe c, down to the drag bar of the oultivator 130 which it is seeured in any sr1itable manner. The pnlley A has a slot near its circumferenoe into which the end of the pin d projects, thus allowing a nut to be sorewed upon the end o'f the said pin d, if desired.

It Will loe observed that when the drag bars are lowered the spring is at its greatest tension, so that lt assists sornewhat in raising v the drag bars fro1n the ground. It Will be seen that by raising the ends 0f the drag bars a short distanee the eecentric revolves beyond the oenter of its bearing, when the spring will have snfiicient leverage 110 hold the drag bars suspended, as is evident.

H represents the drag bar of the cultivator to whioh are rigidly secured the bars h on which the shovels are fastened. The handle I is also secured 110 the drag bars H, as shown.

I represents a handle holder or bracket which is ourved or elbowed, a.s shown in the drawings. In the lower or front portion of this bracket is a holt hole z for securing the said braeket 110 one of the bars h. At the curve or hend of this braeket is an oblong slot I. This slot is for the purpose of permitting the braeket so 100 adjusted up or down, when IOO it is desired so to d0. The upper end of this braeket has a flared, flanged portion L, fr engagemenb with a hooked holt secured t0 one 0f the handles 0f the cultivator, and holde ehe same rigidly thereto. By 1neans 0f this fiared, flanged portion the handle can be adj usted laterally by loosening the nut, moving the handle laterally in the direction desired, and then tightening the nut when the handle is in the proper position. In will thus be seen that by rneans 0f this hraeket the handle can be adj usted np and down, o1 laterally, 01' both, if desired.

Having deseribed our invention, what we claim, and desire t0 secure by Letters Patent 0f the United States, is-

l. In a cultivator a lifting deviee for the justing device consisting 0f a braeket curved or elbowshaped having an elongated slot a1: the said curved o1 elbowshaped portion, a flared o1 broadened 01 flanged upper portion, and a hole for a pivot holt in its forward and, as sei; forth.

4. In a snlky plow or cultivator the eon1bination of the drag bars with an adj usting device consisting of a bracket curved 01 elbowshaped having a sl0t ab the curved 01 elbowshaped portion, and a fiared orbroaden ed and flanged upper end, and a pivot holt hole in its forward end, whereby the handles can be adjusted either vertically 01 longitudinally, 01 both vertically and longitudinally, as set forth.

5. The combination with a eultivator arch and hinged drag-bars 0f a lifting deviee cousising of a spring secured 'n0 the front of the axle, a chain secured to said spring and t0 the d1ag-bar and a pnlley eceentrieally mounted on the axle, as set forth.

In testimony whereof we affix 011 r signatu 1es in presenee 0f two witnesses.

NICI-IOLAS P. LEHR. JAMES II. WOLFE.

\Vitnesses:

J. B. STAHL, E. L. BOGUE. 

